SEYMOUR HICKS SEASON

Evening Star, Issue 18833, 6 January 1925, Page 4

SEYMOUR HICKS SEASON

FINAL PRODUCTIONS. The double bill at His Majesty's Theatre is proving an attractive morsel, and serves to demonstrate the versatility of the gifted actor Mr Seymour _ Hicks. In ‘ Scrooge ’ (an adaptation of Dickens s ‘ Christmas Carol ’) he gives a splendid impersonation of the .grasping, sneering money-grabber who was reformed by a dieara. This one-act drama is followed by a delightful, Frenchified three-act comedy, entitled 1 Sleeping Partners/ This gives ample scope for Mr Hicks s sparkling comedy methods, and, in addition, shows Miss Ellaline Terms in an attractive and congenial role. The double bill will be staged finally to-night, and can be heartily recommended. ' BROADWAY JONES ’ TO-MORROW r . To-morrow evening and for two following evenings, the last nights of the notable season, Mr Hicks will play 4 Broadway Jones.’ presenting the London version of this famous Geo. M. Cohan comedy precisely as he produced it for its record run at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, Mr Hicks will be seen in the title role, and Miss Terms as the quick-witted stenographer Josie who saved the Jonesville chewing gum factory from falling into the clutches of the trust. As the irresponsible young spendthrift. Jackson Jones, Mr Hicks keeps his audience shaking with laughter. His impersonation is rollicking, and joyous in the extreme. The story relates how, by the death of a wealthy uncle who is in the chewing gum business to the time of a million dollars, Broadway comes into a fortune, and the pathetic way in which he begs all his friends to help him turn it into cash provides plenty of food for laughter. It I#, in fact, one burble of laughter from first to last. “Mr Hides makes the play irresistible,” said a Sydney critic. “ Always natural, always funny, and without the slightest attempt to force the humor, Mr Hicks had the audience laughing and cheery throughout.” There” is a splendid vein of romance, too, and the play merits its sub-title, ” a comedy of love and laughter.” The plans for the last nights are at The Bristol.